Catalog of Slides in the Adirondacks
Slides are nature's gift to hikers - Barbara McMartin
Legend
Size, Side of the mountain, name of slide (if it has one), date when slide formed (if known), comments
Size is grouped into 5
categories:
There are no definitive parameters between categories
Prominent: These are large/long
slides that often give the mountain it's distinctive look
Medium: Medium sized slides, maybe
worth a look
Small: Small slides
Remnant: These are slides that
have grown in and may be really old. They are probably only interesting in
a geological sense and not so much for climbing
Uncertain: There is a slide but I'm not sure
of the size
Note on date formed
BWM = Before the White Man arrived
-78 = Unknown date, Slide appears on 1978 metric maps
so it must have formed before then
+78 = Unknown date, Slide doesn't appear on 1978 metric
maps so it may have formed after or the map makers could have
missed it.
Confirmed Slides (148)
Algonquin 5,115 (6)
Medium | NW, Unnamed,
+78 Seen from Lost Pond Peak
SE, The Zero Slide, 9/17/1999 Hurricane Floyd W, Unnamed +78 Seen from Lost Pond Peak, heads up towards to col between Algonquin & Boundary then 2 branches curve toward the summit (Not sure how far the slide "slides" down the mountain) |
|
Small | N, Unnamed, -78,
Seen from Wright, grown in some but still
there.
SE, Unnamed, +78, Seen from Caribou Pass in John Winkler's "A Bushwhackers Guide to the Adirondacks" (p.50), I'm not sure of it's exact location. |
|
Remnant | S, Fuzzy Slide, -78 Left of the Hurricane Floyd slide, wide and grown in some places. |
Allen 4,347 (1)
Remnant | N, Unnamed, BWM, The main path to the summit is/was a slide |
Armstrong 4,429
(2)
Medium | NE, Unnamed, -78
Hurricane
Floyd didn't create this slide but widened it considerably.
May be
a technical climb
E, Unnamed, -78 Under the summit. May be a technical climb |
Bald 3,000 - Rocky Peak Ridge (1)
Medium | N, Unnamed, +78 Seen from Owl's Head | |
Remnant (But Large) |
SW, Unnamed, BWM Looks that it was very large at one time but has grown in - Probably how the mountain got it's name |
Baldwin 2,838 (1)
Small | SW, Unnamed, -78 Small slide seen from Goodnow |
Basin 4,826 (3)
Prominent | N, Basin Brook slide, +78 |
Medium | NE, The Wrong Way Slide, +78 Branches off the Chicken Brook Slide on Saddleback |
Remnant | NW, Unnamed, +78 Coming from/near Slant Rock |
Big Slide 4,232 (4)
Blake's 3,970 (4) -20
Prominent | SE, Unnamed, -78 Long Slide seen from Nippletop & Dix |
Medium | S, Unnamed, -78 Wide
open rock, May be a technical
climb
SE, Unnamed, -78 Down by the Pinnacle |
Remnant | W, Unnamed, -78, Slide Remnant seen from Skylight |
Cascade
4,098 (2)
Medium | N, Unnamed, +78 Above The Cascade on Cascade | |
Small | N, Unnamed, +78 Breaks off above the Cascade on Cascade and heads west |
Calamity
3,607 (1)
Medium | W, Unnamed +78, Seen from Santanoni. |
Uncertain | SE, Unnamed, -78 Looks big on the map, the very tippy top of this slide can be seen from Skylight but I'm not sure about the rest |
Cliff 3,944
(1)
Remnant | E, Unnamed, -78 Was the popular way to the top of the mountain |
Colden 4,715
(9)
Prominent | NW, Trap Dyke, BWM, One of the premier climbs
in the Adirondacks, 1st climbed in 1850 by Robert Clarke & Alexander
Ralph
W, Avalanche Slides, 8/20/1869, 3 slides to the right(south) of the Trap Dyke. These are the famous slides seen on all the post cards, one of these slides was further widened 9/27/1942 by a hurricane. Left to right, the names are The Wine Bottle, Rocket and Zucchini. May be technical climbs. SE, Unnamed, 6/1990 |
Medium | N, Unnamed, 9/17/1999, Hurricane Floyd
NW, Unnamed, -78 Going up towards Colden's north false summit S, Unnamed, -78 Going up towards Colden's 1273m bump |
Remnant | SE, Unnamed, +78 Left (South) of the SE slide |
Dial 4,003 (1)
Small | S, Hidden, -78 Small slide heads up towards the southern summit. |
Dix 4,823 (15)
Prominent | N, North Face Slides,
8/2/1993
6 slides in total, 2 face North and 4 face
NW. A loud boom was heard as far away as Lake Placid & Port Henry when
these bad boys came down. 2 are very hard to spot and can only really be
seen from Gothics & the burned area on Noonmark.
NE, Unnamed, +78, The right slide of the two NE slides may have formed the same time as the North Face slides NW, Unnamed, -78, May be a technical climb S, Unnamed, +78 Seen from Hough SE, Beckhorn Slide, +78 W, Hydra Slide, 1970 Rightmost of the 3 Western Slides |
Medium | W, Unnamed, 1970
Leftmost
of the 3 Western Slides, "V" shaped
W, Unnamed, 1970 Middle of the 3, maybe connected to the leftmost slide at it's base |
Small | NE, Unnamed, +78, Left of the two NE slides may have formed the same time as the North Face slides, however it looks grown in and older |
Remnant | SE, Unnamed, +78 To the left (South) of the Beckhorn Slide |
East Dix 4,006
(4)
Emmons 4,039
(1)
Prominent | SE, Unnamed, +78 |
Giant 4,626 (15)
Gothics 4,734 (10) -77
Prominent | N, True North/Ribbon?, 6/1990 | |
Prominent | N, Unnamed/Ribbon?, 6/1990 Breaks off of True North at the bottom and heads up towards the col between Armstrong. It's questionable if True North and Ribbon are the same slide or is this one named Ribbon. | |
Prominent | NW, Northwest Face Slide, BWM, This is one of the most awesome and most recognizable faces in the Adirondacks, widened even more 6/1990. This is a technical climb only. | |
Prominent | S, Pyramid Slides, BWM | |
Prominent | E, Rainbow Slide, -78 Is a technical climb up top, but down lower there may be spots that are climbable without rope | |
Prominent | W, West Face Slide(s), 6/1990 Next to the NW slides, Likely technical climbs only. | |
Prominent | W, Center Slide, +78, 6/1990 Just left of the West Face slides, goes up to the col between Gothic's eastern & western summits | |
Small | NW, Unnamed, +78 Small slide under the NW face slide, heads to the east | |
Remnant | W, Unnamed, -78 A small slide that leaves on or near the Ore Brook Trail and ends just under the West Face Slide(s) |
Haystack
4,961 (2)
Prominent | SE, Unnamed, +78 Seen from Nippletop & Sawteeth | |
Remnant | E, Unnamed, -78 Seen on the map but only a remnant of a slide remains |
Hough 4,409 (1)
Prominent | NE, Unnamed, -78 Most likely a technical climb |
Jay 3,576
(1)
Medium | SE, Unnamed, +78 Between Saddleback & Jay |
Kilburn 3,881 (1)
Prominent | NW, Unnamed, 10/20/1995 This slide is the cover shot of Barbara McMartin's Discover the Northern Adirondacks guidebook |
Ledge Hill 1,998 (1)
Medium | E, Northway Slide, BWM, Possibly the smallest mountain with a slide. Slide seen on the west side of the Northway just south of the Schroon Lake rest areas. (Note: This slide is not referring to the mudslide that happened in 2005 and closed the Northway, it's more North and has been here way before that) |
Little Blue (Blue Mt Lake) 2,844 (1)
Medium | S, Unnamed, +78 Seen from Castle Rock |
Lower Wolfjaw 4,173
(3)
Prominent | N, Bennies Brook, +78 Y shaped
S, Unnamed, -78, 9/17/1999 Hurricane Floyd didn't create this slide but widened it considerably - May be a technical climb |
|
Small | E, Unnamed, +78 Small Slide, heads up NE from Pyramid Brook |
MaComb 4,390 (2)
Prominent | W, Unnamed, -78
Popular way to the top of the
mountain
SW, Unnamed, 1947 |
Marcy 5,344
(2)
Prominent |
|
S, Unnamed, BWM,
Wide slide on the south, Old Mountain Phelps used
this route to the top
SE, Unnamed, +78, Long Slide between the wide southern slide and Panther Gorge. The slide is probably climbable but it may be a technical climb from Panther Gorge to get to the base. |
Marshall
4,363 (3)
Prominent | S, Unnamed -Eastern, +78 Can be seen from Santanoni |
Medium | W, Unnamed, +78, Can be seen from Santanoni |
Remnant | S, Unnamed- Western, +78 Grown in |
Moose (Lake Placid) 3,898
(1)
Prominent | NW, The Brainworm, 1995, Formed in 1995, expanded by Floyd, as of 2005 still looks unstable |
Nippletop 4,593 (2)
Prominent | W, Unnamed, 1973 Popular climb from Elk Pass | |
Medium | E, Unnamed, +78 Seen from Dix |
Nye 3,871
(3) -100
Prominent | NE, Earthquake Slide, 10/7/1983 Caused by the Blue Mountain Lake Earthquake (Magnitude 5.3) of 1983 | |
Remnant | NE, Unnamed, +78 2 Slides grown in to the left(East) of the Earthquake Slide |
Panther 3,862 (1)
Small | W, Unnamed, +78 |
Porter 4,068 (1?)
Medium | NE, Unnamed, +78 In the Hull Basin, seen from the Stewards Shop on 9N/73 in Keene |
Pitchoff (Sentinels) 3,497
(1)
Small | W, Mini-slide, 9/17/1999 Hurricane Floyd caused a very small slide. The trail before Balancing Rocks cuts right across it. Hey don't give me that, it counts!! |
Phelps 4,160 (2)
Prominent | N, Mr. Van Slide, 1979 Seen from Mt. Van Hoevenberg | |
Remnant | N, Unnamed, +78 An old slide remnant crosses the Klondike trail |
Redfield 4,606 (4)
Prominent | S, Unnamed, +78 Long Slide seen from Allen
W, Plateau Slide, -78 Wide slide on the western side on the plateau |
|
Small | S, Unnamed, +78 2 Small slides to the left(west) of the Long Slide seen from Allen |
Rocky Peak Ridge 4,383 (3)
Uncertain | N, Unnamed, +78 The main top part is medium sized, but this slide might extend way far down | |
Medium | N, Unnamed, +78 3 slides (that count as one) under Marie Louise pond? | |
Small | SW, The Lonely Slide, -78 Seen from Nubble, Southeast of the Dipper |
Round Mountain 3,084
(1)
Remnant | N, Ancient Slide, BWM, Weston trail cuts right across it, hard to spot as it is mostly grown in. This slide may be 100s to 1000s of years old |
Saddleback
4,528 (3)
Prominent | NW, Chicken Brook Slide, +78
NE, Ore Bed Brook Slide, +78 Heads toward the main (west) Summit. |
Small | NE, Ore Bed Trail Slide, -78 Small Slide to the west of the trail |
Santanoni 4,606
(2)
Prominent | W, Ermine Brook Slide, 9/28/1985, Hurricane Gloria, possibly the longest slide in the Adirondacks | |
Medium | E, Unnamed, +78, Twin slides | |
Small | E, Unnamed, +78, Seen from Newcomb Park |
Scarface 3,058
(1)
Prominent | NW, The Scar, BWM, Scarface gets it's name from this slide |
Seymour 4,091
(1)
Remnant | N, Unnamed, BWM, The main path to the summit is/was a slide |
Skylight 4,924 (1)
Prominent | SW, Unnamed, -78 Seen from Redfield |
Slide 3,576 (1) -120
Small | SE, Unnamed, BWM Seen from Pitchoff, It's probably where the mountain originally got it's name from more than a century ago but not much of it's left |
Slip 3,313 (1)
Medium | S, The Slip Slide, 2005 (Summer), Left of the Cliff, fading fast as of 2008 |
Snowy 3,898 (2)
Prominent | SE, Unnamed, 1995 (Late winter), Slide is bright white, This slide is the cover shot of Barbara McMartin's Discover the West Central Adirondacks guidebook | |
Medium | SW, Unnamed, -78 Goes up to Snowy's western summit |
South Dix 4,068 (1)
Medium | NW, Unnamed, -78 |
Seward Mt
4,331 (1)
Uncertain | NW, Unnamed, +78 Can be seen from Ampersand. On a Tributary of the Ward Brook? |
Tabletop 4,413 (1)
Remnant | NE, Unnamed, -78 On the eastern side of the 1253m bump. Looks very grown in. |
TR 3,822 (1)
Medium | NW, Unnamed, +78, Small slide on the 1046 sub-summit seen from Pitchoff and Mt. Van Hoevenberg, may have grown in 2005 |
Upper Wolfjaw 4,203
(7)
Prominent | N, Long Wolfjaw Brook Slide, -78 & 9/17/1999 Nearer to the summit than the NW short slide, Hurricane Floyd didn't create this slide but did lengthened it considerably | |
Prominent | S, Sabertooth (Right), +78 Goes up towards the
eastern summit
S, Sabertooth (Left) , +78 Goes up towards the col between the double summit of UWJ |
|
Prominent | E, Unnamed, -78
Goes up towards the true summit.
May be a technical climb
E, The Slide within the Slide, 2007 |
|
Prominent | E, True East, +78 Goes up towards the eastern summit May be a technical climb | |
Medium | NW, Short Wolfjaw Brook Slide, -78 & 9/17/1999 Hurricane Floyd didn't create this slide but widened it considerably |
Whiteface 4,885
(4)
Prominent | N, Memorial Highway Slide,
-78 Crosses one loop and ends on the upper loop
on the Memorial Highway
E, Ski Slides, -78 Many Branches E, Unnamed, -78, Looks long on the map, may be connected to the Ski Slides at it's base W, Lake Placid Slide, 9/7/1971 Seen from Lake Placid |
Wright 4,587
(3)
Prominent | SE, Unnamed, 9/1938
E, Angel, 9/17/1999 - Hurricane Floyd, On 2/19/00 an avalanche triggered by skiers occurred here, killing one person and injuring 5 others. |
|
Small | SE, Unnamed, 5/23/1971 Smaller and to the east of the 1938 slide, Formed by an Earthquake (Mag. 3.9 ) |
Unnamed (West of South Lake in the West Canada Lakes Wilderness Area) 2,933 (1)
Small | E, Unnamed, +78 Mentioned in Barbra McMartin’s “Discover the West Central Adirondacks” Guidebook |
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Unconfirmed Slides (25) - These slides may or may not actually be there, they may be tricks of the light or they may be cliffs.
Algonquin 5,115
W, Unnamed, +78 Seen
from Lost Pond Peak (in winter). There might be slides near the summit on
this side.
Basin 4,826
SW,Unnamed, +78
To the left
of the cliffs?
Big Slide 4,232
N, Unnamed, +78, Seen
from Cascade & Porter. The left one of the 2 open spots. Is it a
slide, cliff or a branch of the slide to the right?
NW, Unnamed, +78, Seen from Picthoff,
possible small slide on the north side of the 1100m sub summit
Blake's 3,970
SW, Unnamed, +78? Can be seen from Skylight, looks
like a slide but could actually be the Cy Beedes ledge
Blue Mt. 3,760
S, Unnamed, +78
There looks like
there could be two slides on this mountain seen from Lake Durant but they
could be cliffs
Blue Ridge (Indian Lake Quad) 3,881
NE, Unnamed, -78 On the map
NW, Unnamed, -78 On the map
Calamity 3,607
N, Unnamed +78,
By Calamity Pond
E, Unnamed, -78,
On the map just south of Hanging Spears
Falls, can't really see it from anywhere
Dial 4,003
SE, Unnamed, -78 On the map going to the Northern
Summit, but you can't see it from anywhere (you might possibly be able to
see it if it exist from the Dix North face
slides)
East Dix 4,006
S, Unnamed, -78 On
the map, may be seen from Camel's
Hump
Gray/Redfield/Skylight
Depends, Unnamed, -78
On the map and the tippy top can be seen from Santanoni. It's on the western
side of a 1251 meter peak, but I'm not sure if the peak counts as part of
Gray, Redfield or Skylight (Topozone location
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4884408&e=583707&size=s&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25
)
Macomber 3,005
SW, The Macomber Escarpment, Early 1960's,
A slide caused by fire?
Morgan 3,458
E, Wilmington, +78
There are views from the top of the slide,
but I'm not sure if the slide actually "slides" down the mountain
Sawteeth 4,134
?, Unnamed,
9/17/1999 -
It was reported that Hurricane Floyd caused
a new slide here, I'm not sure where it is, possibly on the North side somewhere
Seward Mt 4,331
S, Unnamed, +78, Visible from the abandoned lumber
camp on Ouluska Pass Brook?
Snowy 3,898
S, Unnamed, -78 On the map
Confirmed Not to be Slides
Delta Sentinel 3,212 - S,
Unnamed, -78, Small open area seen from rt.
9N & Pitchoff mt.
No it's a Cliff
Jay 3,576 - NW, Unnamed, -78
Going up to Grassy Notch? No
it's a Cliff
Santanoni 4,606 - S, Unnamed, -78, Looks like a big slide on the map, but it doesn't look like it exist or has long since grown in - It would be clear in this picture if it actually exist but it doesn't.
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